Hanna Berger

Hanna Berger
Hanna Berger, German Dance Archive Cologne
Born
Johanna Elisabeth Hochleitner-Köllchen

(1910-08-23)23 August 1910
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died15 January 1962(1962-01-15) (aged 51)
East Berlin, East Germany
NationalityAustrian
Known forDance, choreography and film directing
MovementModern dance

Hanna Berger (born Johanna Elisabeth Hochleitner-Köllchen; 23 August 1910 – 15 January 1962) was an Austrian dancer, choreographer, teacher, director, theatre director, writer and lifelong anti-Nazi and communist. She was described as part of the free dance movement.[1]

  1. ^ Deborah Holmes; Lisa Silverman (2009). Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity. Camden House. pp. 133–4. ISBN 978-1-57113-420-2.